Dropbear Ssh
Vendor:
First CVE: Dec 31, 2004 · Active for 21 years
21
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 94% of tracked products
1.4
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 56% of tracked products
6.7
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 36% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Dropbear Ssh over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Dec 31, 2004
21 years ago
Most Recent CVE
May 7, 2025
443 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Dropbear Ssh21 CVEs
52%
38%
10%
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local3 (14.3%)
Network11 (52.4%)
Unknown7 (33.3%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low10 (47.6%)
High4 (19.0%)
Unknown7 (33.3%)
User Interaction
None14 (66.7%)
Unknown7 (33.3%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low5 (23.8%)
High0 (0.0%)
None9 (42.9%)
Unknown7 (33.3%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (21 CVEs).
21 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2023-48795MEDIUM The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass integrity checks such that some packet | Dec 18, 2023 | 5.9 | 81 | NO | YES |
CVE-2016-3116MEDIUM CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data. | Mar 22, 2016 | 6.4 | 43 | NO | YES |
CVE-2006-1206MEDIUM Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service | Mar 14, 2006 | 5.0 | 34 | NO | YES |
CVE-2016-7406CRITICAL Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) host argument. | Mar 3, 2017 | 9.8 | 32 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-9078HIGH The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled. | May 19, 2017 | 8.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-7408HIGH The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument. | Mar 3, 2017 | 8.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-7407CRITICAL The dropbearconvert command in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenSSH key file. | Mar 3, 2017 | 9.8 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-36369HIGH An issue was discovered in Dropbear through 2020.81. Due to a non-RFC-compliant check of the available authentication methods in the client-side SSH code, it is possible for an SSH | Oct 12, 2022 | 7.5 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-36254HIGH scp.c in Dropbear before 2020.79 mishandles the filename of . or an empty filename, a related issue to CVE-2018-20685. | Feb 25, 2021 | 8.1 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2012-0920HIGH Use-after-free vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Server 0.52 through 2012.54, when command restriction and public key authentication are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to e | Jun 5, 2012 | 7.1 | 25 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (21 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
1 CVE
4.8% of CVEs· 97th percentile
ExploitDB
2 CVEs
9.5% of CVEs· 89th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (21 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (21 CVEs).
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Top CWEs
Versions
No cataloged versions.